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Wayne County Airport runway collision

3 December 1990

1990 runway collision between Northwest Airlines aircraft at Detroit, Michigan, USA. It took place on 3 December 1990 in what is now the United States. The setting was Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Its causes included pilot error. About 8 people died. Some 10 were injured.

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